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Carlos A. Gimenez (17 January 1954-) was Mayor of Miami-Dade County from 1 July 2011 to 3 January 2021 (succeeding Carlos Alvarez) and a member of the US House of Representatives (R-FL 26) from 3 January 2021 (succeeding Debbie Mucarsel-Powell).

Biography[]

Carlos A. Gimenez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1954 to a family of ranchers, and his family fled the Cuban Revolution and settled in Little Havana, Miami in 1960. He became a firefighter in 1975, served as fire chief from 1991 to 2000, served as city manager of Miami proper from 2000 to 2003, served as a County Commissioner from the 7th district from 2005 to 2011, served as Mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2021, and in the US House of Representatives from 2021.

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